Amazing Granada// Session 9

As you already know, I was in Granada. The way there was a bit confusing. You had to get off the train in Antequera S. A. (everyone) and then you were taken further by shuttle bus. It's not a big deal, as the route was probably just closed. But I didn't know about it and was therefore confused...

Well, when I arrived, I headed straight to the hostel, checked in, and went to my room. This time it was a 3-bed room, unfortunately I was on the top bunk. (I hit my head on the ceiling so many times😭)

Otherwise, the hostel was okay. It was more or less clean and the beds were not great, but I survived. And considering that I only paid 13€ per night, it was really good.

On that day, I planned the following days, relaxed, read, and settled in. In the evening, I joined the hostel's tapas tour, where we went to 4 different tapas bars and tried something at each place.

Now comes the craziest thing that I didn't know before I went to Granada. In many tapas bars, you don't have to pay for your tapas. Because there is always one tapas included in your drink. So for every drink, you get something to eat. And you paid 2€-2.5€ for a small beer and also got a decent portion of delicious tapas!!! I wonder how they can make money with it, but I thought it was amazing!

During the tapas tour, I didn't eat as much because I was busy talking the whole time. I met many people from the hostel who came from all over the world. Among them were: an American, an Argentine, two Japanese, a New Zealander, an Australian, someone from Belarus, a Canadian, two French people. Yes, I probably forgot some, but never mind. It should be understood.

A funny stereotype that I confirmed with the Canadian is that Canadians who live in a small town or village really don't lock their front doors. Otherwise, of course, we only had relatively superficial conversations because no one spoke perfect English.

On the second day in Granada, I walked around a lot and saw everything. That ranged from parks, to churches, to viewpoints, or just stupidly walking around and letting time pass. However, I found the cathedral so incredibly impressive that I almost became religious. No, seriously. That is one of my new favorite sights. The cathedral was gigantic, just like the one in Sevilla. But the stone used in the cathedral in Granada was much brighter and left a completely different and better impression on me!

What I also did again, like in every city, is go to a supermarket and look around to see what's special there. I went to Corte de Ingles (or something like that) and it was really a huge shopping market with everything imaginable. Not just everything related to food, but also jewelry, clothing, everything. Like a department store combined with a grocery store. There I got a different kind of Nestea, but it wasn't as good as lemon. (Important detail of the trip)

In the evening, I did my own tapas tour and I ate a lot. After 3 delicious dishes and 3 beers, I couldn't eat anything else and I only paid 8€ with tip🤦🏻‍♂️

The next day, I mainly visited the Alhambra. Another sight that makes Granada special. It consists of an old castle ruin, a beautiful garden, and a wonderful palace. I found the castle ruin boring, the garden was okay to look at, but nothing special. However, the palace was amazing and the visit was more than worth it!

I also visited a monastery with a very beautiful church and in the evening I felt like having pizza. So I went to a restaurant recommended by the hostel and ate there. And it was worth it.

There wasn't much else to do the next day, except for having breakfast and traveling to Madrid.

Yes, I really liked Granada, unfortunately it was incredibly hot there too.